Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• MAS.962 (Spring 2007) 
• Course Title:
• Autism Theory and Technology 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Media Arts and Sciences 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Rosalind Picard
  Prof. Cynthia Breazeal
  Prof. Sherry Turkle
  Dr. Rana el Kaliouby 
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  MAS.962 Autism Theory and Technology
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2007

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  MAS.962 Autism Theory and Technology
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2007

  
  
  

  

  Pilot at the Groden Center of wearable technology to capture facial expressions. (Photo taken by Paula Aguilera.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course will lay a foundation in autism theory and autism technology that significantly leverages and expands the Media Lab's ability to pioneer new technology. Students will not only develop new technologies, but also understand, help, and learn from people with autism, a fast-growing group that the CDC identified in the year 2005 as involving an estimated 1 in 150 school-age children ages 6-21. Students will gain an understanding of the basic challenges faced by people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, together with their families and caregivers, and an understanding of the fundamental theories that inform therapies and technologies for improving the autistic experience. The course will also explore the converging challenges and goals of autism research and the development of technologies with people sense. We will advance ways technology can be used for early detection and intervention in autism. We will enable new technologies for people diagnosed with autism to use to better communicate, and to help them achieve their desired level of independent and inter-dependent living skills. Throughout the course, we will consider ways technology can help inform autism research and improve opportunities for people diagnosed with autism.
  
  

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  For any use or distribution of these materials, please cite as follows:

  Rosalind Picard, Cynthia Breazeal, Sherry Turkle, and Rana el Kaliouby, course materials for MAS.962 Autism Theory and Technology, Spring 2007. MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Downloaded on [DD Month YYYY].